Coinbase has enabled AI agents such as Claude, ChatGPT and Grok to trade index and crypto perpetual futures directly on its platform, activated by telling an agent to connect to Coinbase. Users can long or short indices tracking the top 500 US equities, top 100 tech stocks, top 10 AI companies, top 10 Chinese stocks, and top 10 aerospace and defense equities, plus over 20 tokens. Futures are offered via Coinbase Financial Markets, a CFTC-registered FCM and NFA member; index perps are US-only. Coinbase's disclaimer notes users bear all risk for agent-executed transactions.

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  • @coinbase Coinbase 🛡️First reportOn X ↗

    "Hey Jarvis, long the US500." Trade index and crypto perps on Coinbase from Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and more. Get started by telling your agent: "connect to https://t.co/Dj7rKBPVlY" https://t.co/wN6IsrQCVd

1 more account posted about this · 1 Telegram channel (no public link)

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Open82 open positions · 74 long · 8 short

Tracked accounts lean long about 97% of the time, so a long-heavy book is normal, not a signal. As of 18 Oct 23:10 UTC.

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Pulse 24h39/100 · unusualness of new calls, 0–100, 50 typical, higher means more long than usual
Book93.9% long · 2,960 accounts

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